Case for circle saws



Jan. 18, 1949. A. R. SEGAL CASE FOR CIRCLE SAWS Filed Sept. 20, 1947 A? thuz" H. 512L752 Patented Jan. 18, 1949 1 2,459,464 I i V QASEEQR q eseirs. Arthur B, Segal; Milwaukee, Wi'si Ii efl H WWWk I 20, .9.4. S r a i M2 2 L This invention relates to cases for circle saws and has more particular reference to protective.

day use for relatively long periods of time before sharpening of the tips is necessary. Despitethe wear resisting qualities of the carbide usedon the tips of the teeth on such circle saws, the carbide itself is relatively brittle and delicate, and. extreme care must be exercised in handling such. saws to guard against sudden shocks or. shearing. stresses which might lead to breakageof the: tips.

Because of this fact, the shipment of carbide tipped saws from their point of manufactureito their place of use has always presented the problem of adequately protecting thecarbide tips against breakage from the rough handling. the. saws receive.

The seriousness of breakage or damage. result.- ing to the saws is best appreciated when it is realized that carbide tipped saws frequently. cost hundreds of dollars each. It will beapparent, therefore, that the bestobtainable protection .for the saw must be provided for sl iipmentx tl iaereoiw Protection for saws of the typehetein. concerned presently consists in confining. the saw; between. two sheets of Masonite held clamped to opposite; sides of the saw by a single. boltzpassing through the central aperture of the saw, .wrapping caindzboard or corrugated board.aIourrdthmMasOnite and finally covering the package with wrapping paper, usually of a heavy grade.

Even though carbide tipped saws wrapped; this manner have been carefully. packaged, the packages have frequently. failed. to perfomnztheiij primary functionof protectingthe. saw. Hence; the inadequacy of present wrappings .faila to lerrdi justification to the high cost, of the. packaging. material required and the inconvenience volved in actual packaging, Moreover, the; cite cessive weight of the packaging material used results in excessive shipping. costs With these objections to present saw packages in mind, it is an object of this invention to provide an improved case for carbide tipped circle saws which will aflford adequate protection for the saw during shipping.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of an improved protective case for carbide tipped circle saws which may be used by the purchaser of the saw for storage when the saw 5 Claims. (Cl. 2061-346) is not-in-use and which may be used time after,

3 ment of the hereindisclosed invention m vention resides in it the nova cdnst time-for shipment of thesaw to its manufacturer r -re r md ng by factory methods.

stilt another object of thi invention resides in the provision of anfimproved case' for carbide tipped circle saws; which features simplici constructionandease of packagingfy sures adequateprotection for mesh packaged tlm rreiriI- With the aboveand other' objects' in "view, which will-appear as- -the descriptiortp 'roee s; this binatiorrandarrangementpf partssub L as hereinafter describeda titre 15am definedby the'apperrdedf cl" it being mage stood-thatsueh changes in't'he'p rec' e embo'd ibe mad-e as: come within the; scope of" the claims The accompanying drawing i-llustrates one complete example 'ofi-the "p fysi ear einbddimemcr the invention c'onstruetedseeming to 'th *best mode-so far devised for the practical a oil-. the principles thereof, andin whi -Pigure-1{ "is; a perspectiveviw of thesaw case of this invention sh-owing the cover removed and positioned above the body bfthefcasej Figure? is a plan view of the case its openati-ve conditionwith'portions fthecever b oken; awayto show -the saw inthe case; H

Figure 3 is an enlarged} sectional 1 view taken along thedifhsh-Q of-Fighre2f and Figure 4* is; an enlarged cross sectional View xailan through FigureBjo-hythe plane of the line Referringmore partieularlyto the accompanying drawing in which like numerals indicate like partia the numeral 5 generally designates the saw case of this-invention shown best in Figure- 1; the easecompr es a flatbody section is mad a flat cover section 'ladapted- 1 tot receive a sawilatwise therebetwen. The sections 7 are substantialiy square in outline and are preferably made ofply 0a,: although other -low cost materials oie u ent strength may also he employed.

The body section r 6 has slightly greater thickness than the cover section has it at upper face provided with a circular well fl 'of a diameter to receive a saw 9 flatwise therein as shown in Figure 2. Inasmuch as it is usual practice to provide circle saws of the type herein concerned with a central aperture II, the diameter of which remains the same regardless of the outer or cutting diameter of the saw, the lower or body section of the case is preferably provided with a boss l2 projecting up from the bottom of the 3 well 8 centrally thereof to engage in the central aperture of the saw placed in the well. The boss thus aids in minimizing edgewise shifting of the saw in the well.

A circle saw placed in the well 8 of the body section is securely maintained in place against shifting either edgewise or axially at the time the cover section 1 is placed over the saw and fastened to the body section as indicated in Figures 2 and 3. In the embodiment shown, screws 14 passing through suitable apertures in the cover section thread into the body section to tightly draw the cover down onto the upper face of the body section and thus clamp the saw in the well 8 between the bottom of the well and the underside of the cover section.

One of the features of the saw case of this invention resides in the fact that the depth of the well, while substantially corresponding to the thickness of the saw at the body portion thereof, has less depth than the edge-to-edge dimension of the carbide tips ID on the saw measured across their cutting faces. For clearance purposes the sides of .the tips invariably taper inwardly toward the joint between the tips and the sawteeth behind the tips so that the dimension across the cutting face of the tips is always greatest. By reason of this fact the front side edges l5 of the tips are caused to bite into the bottom of the well and the underside of the cover section when the latter is firmly secured in place by the screws Hi to positively preclude any tendency for the saw to shift in an edgewise or axial direction in the well. This condition is shown in exaggerated form in Figure 4.

When the depth of the well 8 is not less than the body thickness of the circle saw packaged in the case the cover section I and the body section 6 meet with a fiat surface-to-suriace engagement to provide a compact case of great strength.

As stated previously, circle saws of the type herein concerned have central apertures of only one diameter, that is, an aperture large enough to fit the largest shaft upon which the saw is to be mounted. Hence, it is customary to provide carbide tipped circle saws with one or more bushings indicated at I! in Figures 2 and 3 to enable mounting the saw on shafts having smaller diameters. According to the present invention, provision is made for shipment of such bushings in the case of this invention through the formation of corner wells l8 at the four corners of the body section and surrounding the central well 8. These corner wells have a diameter corresponding roughly to the diameter of the central aperture of the saw and a depth approximately equal to the axial length of the bushings. While the bushings may have a length corresponding to the body thickness of the saw, they usually have slightly less length than the body thickness of the saw. Hence, as many as four bushings, to adapt the saw for use with shafts of four difierent diameters, may be shipped or stored in the case of this invention along with the saw.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will .be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the saw case of this invention provides a high degree of protection for circle saws having carbide tipped teeth by reason of the manner in which the tips on the teeth are engaged by the sections of the case; and that the case is useful time and again whenever it becomes necessary to return the saw to the manufacturer for grinding of the carbide tips on its teeth as well as for the storage of the saw whennot in use. Another-important advantage of the saw case of this invention resides in its simplicity and in the ease with which saws may be packaged therein.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A protective case for a circle saw comprising: a substantially fiat body section having a circular well formed in one face of a depth and diameter to receive a saw to be packaged in the case; a cover fiatwise applicable to said face of the body section to close said well; and securing means for detachably holding the cover section tightly down onto said face of the body section and the exposed side of a saw in the well thereof so as to completely enclose the saw.

2. The saw case set forth in claim 1 further characterized by the provision of a circular boss projecting up from the center of said well and of a size to substantially fit the hole in the saw to be packaged.

3. A protective case for a circle saw having teeth provided with carbide tips wider at their cutting faces than the thickness of the saw, comprising: a substantially flat body section having a circular well formed in one face of a diameter to receive the saw and of a depth substantially equal to the thickness of the body of the saw and consequently less than the edge-to-edge dimension of the carbide tips measured across the face of the tips; -a cover fiatwise applicable to said'face of the body section to close said well; and securing means for drawing the cover tightly down toward said face of the body section so as to cause the edges of the carbide tips to bite into the underside of the cover and the bottom of the well and thereby preclude shifting of the saw in the case.

4. The saw case set forth in claim 3 further characterized by the provision of a smaller circular wellin said face of the body section adjacent i to the first designated well and providing for the reception of a bushing for the saw, said bushing being adapted to be retained in its well bythe cover of the case.

5. A protective case for a circle saw comprising: a relatively flat body section; a relatively fiat cover section; and. securing means for tightly holding said sections flatwise together; said body section having a well therein of a depth substantially corresponding to the body thickness of the saw to be packaged in the case so that the side edges of the cutting teeth of the saw bite into the bottom of the well and the underside of the cover to thereby cause the saw to be retained in place in said well against shifting during handling of the package.

ARTHUR R. SEGAL.

No. references cited. 

